Canadian Prodigy Makes Feelings Clear After Historic Win Over American Ex-Grand Slam Star

The 18-year-old Canadian tennis player, Victoria Mboko, is so far having a wonderful time this season. At the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, she lost in the final qualifying round. But then she received a lucky loser slot. While sharing her thoughts about that particular moment, Mboko said, “I felt very rushed at the moment, but because I was so excited and so happy, I wanted to switch into tournament mode.” Following that, she won her first round match against Magdalena Frech in straight sets. Although her journey at Wimbledon came to an end at the hands of America’s Hailey Baptiste in the next round, Mboko has started well on hard courts as well!

After making it through to the R16 of the 2025 Citi Open, Victoria Mboko has gotten off to an impressive start at the Canadian Open as well. She defeated Australia’s Kimberly Birrell in the first round by 7-5,6-3 and with that win, she became the third Canadian to win a women’s singles main draw match at the Canadian Open before turning 19 in the last 40 years (since 1986) after Helen Kelesi and Eugenie Bouchard. Now, Mboko takes down the 2020 Australian Open champion, Sofia Kenin, by 6-2,6-3 in the second round (R64).

This is her fifth Top 50 win, and she’ll now be playing her first WTA 1000 R3. Not only that, Victoria Mboko has now also become the youngest Canadian (in the Open Era) to defeat a Grand Slam champion in the women’s singles at the Canadian Open, surpassing Bianca Andreescu. What did she say after beating Kenin in front of her home crowd in her first Montreal main draw appearance? In her post-match interview, she was literally left speechless.

Victoria Mboko said, “Oh my god. Thank you everyone who came to support me.. It was a really tough battle, playing late at night is a new experience for me. I’m so happy to get the win & to celebrate it with everyone. I don’t really know what to say.”

Victoria Mboko after beating Kenin to reach 1st WTA 1000 R3

“Oh my god. Thank you everyone.. Playing late at night is a new experience for me. I’m so happy to get the win & to celebrate it with everyone” ❤️

“I don’t really know what to say” 😂

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